I have mono running on my linode server at the moment. It was REALLY easy to setup. The "app" I have running is so insanely trivial (take param -> redirect user), but it does work and it was easy to setup. If I need to do something in the (near) future, I'll be doing it in MVC3, in Monodevelop, and deploying on here. At least until I break it or it doesn't work.
Thats on the cheapest, smallest linode, too - 512meg. That said, if you are open to new hosting, then: a) Rackspace is very good. Their support is excellent, tho I've not used them. I have a friend who works there, and BBC, where I used to work, uses them for the likes of topgear.com. Most likely not the cheapest tho, but their people are exceptionally good. b) AWS is not bad, tho it's not super cheap. It is, however, convenient, esp if you want 1000 servers RIGHT NOW, for 4 hours, then shut them down again. It's exceptional at that. The free tier, I think, can do windows now. It's just a windows box - your remote in, you are admin. Like normal. c) I used to use webhost4life, ages ago, which was _ok_ for shared apps (ie, you get a control panel, not a login to the machine). You dont get a lot of control tho, everything is medium trust. Others in similar boats are: http://www.webhost4life.com/ http://www.orcsweb.com/ Not sure I'd recommend shared hosting outside of running a blog or something else low traffic. d) I was impressed with Azure when I saw it the other day. Deploy from git, it deploys a MVC app for you, or you can get a fully hosted server (remote desktop). Worth a look, esp if you have MSDN already (you get more free hours with MSDN). So, I'd start with Azure. If that doesn't work, think about rackspace, esp if you want a full box to yourself, then AWS. webhost4life, orcsweb etc if you just want somewhere to throw it. Just be aware that cloud outages (same goes for all cloud providers) can mean your server goes out, so make sure it's backed up, and if you NEED to be up all the time (most things can survive downtime), then plan accordingly - multi servers in multiple regions and zones, that kind of thing. That said, I set up startuk.org 2 and a bit years ago on AWS (and I stopped doing work for them 2 years ago!) and the server has been down exactly one time (in the first 3 months, and not since) - amazon emailed us saying the box under it was broken. We started a new instance, moved the site, repointed the load balancer and killed the old one. They gave us 6 weeks to do it :) So outside of big storms, AWS is actually rather stable. Also, just for kicks, google "netflix chaos monkey" :) On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Jason Awbrey <[email protected]> wrote: > I've never run mono on linux, so I'm not sure what's involved. A host that > provides it pre-installed, or at least claims to provide support for it, > would be something specific to look for > > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Chris_M <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Thanks for the info, Jason. Man, I feel like an ignorant boob for asking >> this, but would constitute "mono friendly" in a Linux-based web hosting >> service? >> >> BTW, I asked Webfaction who they would recommend, and they mentioned >> Rackspace and Arvixe. Like you said, a little pricey, but both look like >> they have a nice array of features. I'll check out Azure as well. >> >> Thanks again! >> >> >> --Chris >> >> >> jawbrey wrote >> > >> > good, affordable Windows hosting is hard to find >> > >> > I've actually been working on a project that is being hosted on Azure - >> > it's working pretty well so far. I haven't paid much attention to the >> > cost, but I believe there is a free tier for small low-bandwidth sites >> > >> > you might also consider using a Linux host that is mono-friendly and >> > going >> > that route >> > >> > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Chris_M <kungfuchris99@> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> I've worked on several projects in the past that have used Webfaction >> >> as >> >> the >> >> webhosting company for all their online components. Webfaction is >> >> awesome. >> >> I >> >> have nothing but good things to say about Webfaction. But they're all >> >> Linux >> >> based. >> >> >> >> I am looking up setting up a website and some web services for my next >> >> project, and I was initially drawn back to Webfaction, but it occurs to >> >> me >> >> that with my modest but ever-growing base of C# and .NET knowledge >> >> there >> >> might be some nice synergy in going the ASP.NET route (plus I don't >> >> know >> >> any >> >> PHP or Ruby or Perl and have no real Linux mojo). >> >> >> >> I'm looking for a company that is as fantastic as Webfaction but that >> >> is >> >> an >> >> ASP.Net/Windows Server based outfit. 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